KALAMAZOO, Michigan-- The case of a missing Michigan doctor has taken an unusual turn as reports surface that a Grammy-nominated gospel singer filed a protection order against her prior to her disappearance.

CBS Detroit reports that singer and pastor Marvin Sapp filed a personal protection order against Teleka Patrick, a 30-year-old doctor who has been missing since December.

Sapp filed the order in September. In it, he said Patrick claimed she was his wife. He also said in the order request Patrick had contacted his children. He claimed to possess 400 pages of correspondence written by Patrick.

“Throughout my career, my family and I have fallen victim to inappropriate attempts to contact me by several unknown individuals,” he said in a statement to WOOD-TV. “As a father of three and pastor of one of the largest congregations in west Michigan, I cannot take this kind of obsessive attention lightly. Given these previous acts, I have taken several security measures, which have included obtaining a protective order to ensure our safety.”

Patrick, an Oakwood University grad, was last seen on Dec. 5 between 7:30 and 8 p.m. at downtown Kalamzoo’s Radisson Plaza Hotel. Video footage revealed Patrick failed to get a room at the hotel. A shuttle later dropped her off in the parking lot of the Borgess Medical Center.

Her gold Lexus ES300 was later recovered 100 miles away from a ditch on the I-94 interstate in Indiana with some of her clothes, credit cards, driver’s license and cash. Her cellphone was found at the hospital.

Patrick graduated from Oakwood with a theology degree. She later graduated from the Loma Linda University School of Medicine and moved to Kalamazoo in July to start her medical residency in psychiatry.

Since her disappearance, YouTube videos surfaced of the young doctor talking to the camera about an unidentified love interest.

“Their relevance to her disappearance remains a mystery,” said Patrick’s parents said in a statement to the Kalamazoo Gazette. “These videos have led to more questions than answers. To our knowledge, Teleka was not in a romantic relationship and it is unclear to whom she is making reference in the videos.”

Her parents, Mattahais and Irene, say the recently surfaced protection order doesn’t change their belief that their daughter is involuntarily missing.

“The fact that Teleka’s car was found with a flat tire on I-94 has not changed,” they said in a statement. “The fact that she has not been seen since December 5th has not changed. These are the facts that frighten us. Teleka is missing and we want whoever has her or has harmed her in any way to come forward.”

Anyone with information on Patrick’s whereabouts can call the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s office at 269-383-8748.